{"id":10905,"date":"2025-12-19T09:56:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T01:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=10905"},"modified":"2025-12-19T09:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T01:56:40","slug":"trying-the-offerings-of-japanese-resto-tanto-in-tanay-rizal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/trying-the-offerings-of-japanese-resto-tanto-in-tanay-rizal\/","title":{"rendered":"Trying the offerings of Japanese resto Tanto in Tanay, Rizal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>That it\u2019s hard to find good \u2013 and let\u2019s qualify this, affordable \u2013 Japanese restaurants in Metro Manila is a given. Too often we get sanitized venues that may claim to offer \u201cauthentic Japanese cuisine\u201d, but really just serve watery ramens or about-to-expire sushis or badly-prepared sashimis.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One weekend, a chance visit to Tanay in the province of Rizal led us to this supposedly highly-recommended Japanese restaurant called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Tanto-Tastes-of-Asia-61569076315857\/\">Tanto<\/a>, and so we checked.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@outragemag\/video\/7585379706330058005\" data-video-id=\"7585379706330058005\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" >\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@outragemag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@outragemag?refer=embed\">@outragemag<\/a> Heard there&#39;s an okay <a title=\"japanese\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/japanese?refer=embed\">#Japanese<\/a> restaurant in <a title=\"tanayrizal\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/tanayrizal?refer=embed\">#tanayrizal<\/a>, so we <a title=\"lgbt\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/lgbt?refer=embed\">#LGBT<\/a> checked <a title=\"tanto\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/tanto?refer=embed\">#Tanto<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound  - Outrage Magazine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-Outrage-Magazine-7585379741378202375?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound  &#8211; Outrage Magazine<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Una<\/em>, the place is hard to access. No public transport was seen here; people dining in the venue had motorcycles or cars. <em>Buti na lang<\/em> there\u2019s enough parking; that is, the entire highway is the parking space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ikalawa<\/em>, the actual place is\u2026 so-so. The place is clean, at least, but there\u2019s nothing special here \u2013 i.e. you just have wooden tables and wooden chairs <em>a la karinderya<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, most restaurants in Tanay are open-air, allowing diners to view the mountain ranges. The view from Tanto, however, isn\u2019t that pretty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also encounter issues with some facilities \u2013 e.g. no water in the toilets, and no bidet in the male toilet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ikatlo<\/em>, the personnel <em>naman<\/em> were okay. Some issues: the recommendations weren\u2019t good (e.g. the food ordered), service was slow (e.g. chili powder had to be requested repeatedly), and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ika-apat<\/em>, with the food, this place was a hit and miss. The tantanmen ramen (\u20b1359) I ordered, for instance, was a big disappointment. It didn\u2019t taste like tantanmen at all; just a tasteless noodle soup masquerading as tantanmen. The chili powder didn\u2019t help since it wasn\u2019t even spicy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But at least the miso ramen (\u20b1329) was okay, said Arthur. It DID taste like miso, even if we agreed that there wasn\u2019t a lot of <em>sabaw<\/em>, soup, served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, at least we agreed on the gyoza; those were better-than-okay. The wrapper didn\u2019t disintegrate, and the well-seasoned meat was <em>malasa<\/em>, tasty, and not overcooked nor undercooked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanto7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10907\" src=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanto7-572x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanto7-572x1024.jpg 572w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanto7-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanto7-768x1375.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanto7-858x1536.jpg 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width=\"572\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10908\" src=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanto11-572x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanto11-572x1024.jpg 572w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanto11-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanto11-768x1375.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanto11-858x1536.jpg 858w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanto11.jpg 1127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanto12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10911\" src=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanto12-572x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanto12-572x1024.jpg 572w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanto12-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanto12-768x1375.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanto12-858x1536.jpg 858w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tanto12.jpg 1127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BTW: there\u2019s no service water here; instead, we were told that what they have isn\u2019t safe to drink so we may as well order bottled water (\u20b150). That\u2019s profiteering for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gist: The prices here are higher than those in Little Tokyo in Makati City, so you\u2019d actually expect more. But with so-so offering and so-so service, suggesting for people to intentionally go to it is hard. I\u2019d say: check when you\u2019re in the area\u2026 though when there, you may also just want to check the other restaurants there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So off we go for more <em>lafangan<\/em> reviews\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Tanto Tastes of Asia is located along Marcos Highway, Sitio Malapapaya, Brgy. Sampaloc, Tanay, Rizal. For more information, contact 09611434875.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One weekend, a chance visit to Tanay in the province of Rizal led us to this supposedly highly-recommended Japanese restaurant called Tanto, and so we checked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1620,2541,2539,2538,110],"class_list":["post-10905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-eating-out","tag-japanese-food","tag-tanay","tag-tanto","tag-travel-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10913,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10905\/revisions\/10913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}